Injured man rescued after 30ft cliffs plunge
A man who plunged 30ft down a cliff was winched to safety by an RAF helicopter yesterday following a search and rescue operation over Scarborough's busy South Bay.
Ian Hackett, 55, who is believed to be a local man, fell at 3.45pm from a section of cliff near Cornelian Drive and St Michael's Lane, near the South Cliff golf course.
North Yorkshire Police were already in attendance when a coastguard team was scrambled and a Sea King helicopter called out from RAF Leconfield, near Beverley.
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Hide AdPolice had been with the man for 40 minutes before the incident. At 4.30pm he was placed on a stretcher and winched aboard the Sea King.
The rescued man was taken to Scarborough Hospital with spinal injuries which were not thought to be life-threatening and a suspected fractured ankle, police said.